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Hemidrachm
| Issuer | Mytilene (Lesbos) |
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| Year | 350 BC - 250 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing right, rendered in fine Hellenistic style with flowing hair falling to the neck and a laurel wreath crowning the brow. The portrait displays classically idealized features including a straight nose, gently parted lips, and a well-modeled chin. The hair is rendered with carefully engraved strands swept back from the face. The flan is broad and well-struck, presenting the effigy in high relief against a smooth, unadorned field. No legend appears on the obverse. |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed kithara (lyre) depicted frontally at center, with two curved arms surmounted by scroll-like terminals and seven strings stretched across a crossbar, all rendered with considerable engraving precision. A coiled serpent appears in the lower left field, its body tightly curled. The entire composition is enclosed within a rectilinear linear square border. The ethnic abbreviation ΜΥΤΙ is inscribed between the upper arms of the kithara, identifying the issuing city of Mytilene. |
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| Mint | Mytilene, Lesbos, modern-day Mytilene, Greece |
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